BPCL Sets Up EV Charging Stations On Highways In Southern India

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has launched EV Fast-Charging stations on two corridors in the southern region of India i.e. Bangalore-Chennai and Bangalore-Mysore-Coorg Highway.

BPCL says that the fast chargers follow the CCS-2 protocol and are strategically located at nine of its fuel stations with an approximate distance of 100 Km on both sides of the routes.

The company plans to provide CCS-2 EV charging stations at its fuel pumps at periodic intervals on all major national highways connecting major cities and economic centres in the country. The Chennai-Trichy-Madurai highway was part of the first phase. 

With these 25 KW fast chargers, customers will be able to charge their EVs in about 30 minutes to travel a range of up to 125 Km and can make payment through BPCL’s mobile application HelloBPCL. 

The fast charger can be self-operated without any manual assistance, however, support staff help will be available, if and when needed.

With this launch, BPCL aims at accelerating its focus on new business segments and converting its 7,000 conventional Retail Outlets into Energy Stations providing multiple fueling options, which will also include EV charging facility, in the medium to long term.